Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-19
NEWS AND NOTES.

The Sultan of Turkey never rejoices or
Easter. He has 484 wives.
Real estate sales at Marion, Ind, one
day last week footed up SlS3,0e
The Princess BeStrice writes music and
plays the piano and organ with marked ability
The people of this country imported
100000 dozens of eggs in the last eight
months
Mrs. NJ. E. Pace, "the witch of Wall
street," has cleared $4,000 in six months in
stocks of the GOgebic iron range in Wisconsin
Miss N. B. Cummings, now the librarian
| of the Department of Justice at Waehins ton ia
regarded as one of the best authorities on law
| books in the country.
"Yessir," shouted an enthusiastic
| Blaine mau, james 8, Blaine is stronger than
his party" "H'm, Blaine's pretty sick now.
| isn't he?' inquired the Democrat.
| A few days ago Judge William d. Kel-
| lyof Pennsg lvana was given banquet at An
nisten, Ala, one Of the new iron towns, by the
citizens in honor of his seventy third birth day.
Lord WOlseley is incorrectly credited
with inventing the camel corps. Lord Napier
used one in Scin0e wher WOlseley was scarcely
out of his cradle; and Napoleon Bonaparte had
| one in Egypt before WOlseley was born.
The lower house Of the Illinois Legisla-
tuTe has passed law requiring non resident
aliens ilding land In the state, to dispose of
the same within three years AFTER GleY snail
have acquired title to the same. and providing
Ehzt such land shall escheat to the state in
case OF failure to do go.
at Springfield, H., on the 14th inst,
the remains of Abraham Lincoln were brought
out from the quiet snd Crecy which they
have occupied for more than eight years, and
deposited dnally and forever By the side of
those Of Mrs LinColn at point In the mOnu-
menL which can be MADE known to everybody.
The work Of removal was In charge Of the L n
coin Guard Of Honor.
Property to the value of $40, 300, 900
was destroyed by fire in the United States dur
Ing the month of March, an increase of nearly
so par cent. over The corresponding month of
last year. The losses already recorded duting
the present month indicate q similar contrast
between the total for April, 1886, and that for
April, 1897. It sis fair to assume that this as
tonishtng increase in fire loss has been due to
the extraordinary cold.
Mrs. Hannah V. Rosa noted spiritual
istc me fium, who has been conducting largely
attended and lucrative seanCes in Boston for
some weeks past, has been arrested, together
with her husband, Business Manager Charles
Il. Ross. Both were locked up on the charge
of obtsining money under false pretenses. The
ARE to were the result of an XpOsure brought
about after three weeAs' investigation by sew
eral gentlemen who suspected fraud In the ma
terialization of Mrs Ross. At the last seance
tn gentlemen suddenly seized the alleged
spirit form of a young girl and found 1t to be
tangible flesh and blood but very sCantily at
and their friends and the skeptics. but as the
latter had smuggled two policemen in plain
clothes into the room, the spiritualists were
quickly everpowered The clothing of the girl
was found In the cabinet, together with various
proofs of the imposture practiCed by the me-
dium,
The tide of spring immigration has set
in several weeks earlier than usual this year,
and promises to exceed in volume that of any
year since 1882. Last weeks New YOrk arrivals
amounted to 1886, and those of a single day
certainly exceeded 1000. The first three months
Of the present year exceed those of last year by
1852 In May 1882, the arrivals for the month
footed up $685. and from present indications
the number may be nearly as great this year.
Superintendent Jackson, at Castle Garden, says
that the most noticeable increase has been
among the Scar" inavians. The number of Ital
ians arriving is very large, however, and agents
of the Mediterranean lines say that there is q
steady demand for them from tne west to work
on railroads 1t is reported that the agents for
the AnChoc line never before sod so many pre-
paid tickets from Mediterranean ports The
English lines ave also bringing in vast numbers
of Irish emigrants from Queenstown.